Yesterady, it was a 25 degrees when I left at 6 am. Dark and cold. This morning was 11 degrees colder, it was 14 degrees!!!

However, I was armed with info from yesterday on where the cold can slip in. Yesterday, on the return leg (8 miles) temps down to about 23 and windy, I had to stop to warm my hands midway and feet were getting a tad cold too.

Knowing all that, and that it was 14 degrees out, I put on more gear..Gloves first, I went with my extreme cold motorcycle gloves, with liners..On the long underwear, I went with two layers of US ARMY COLD WEATHER ISSUE BOTTOMS, then a super heavyweight longjohn, and topped that off with UA Coldgear Leggins, and my Pearl Izum shorts..I doubled my socks. Up top, 5 layers and my cool looking wool Army Ike jacket, and a fleece face mask.

Now, it took me almost half hour to put on all the gear, and once I got it on, I rushed outside.. Sheesh, I stuck my fist out at the 14 degrees ! I am smiling big time doing about 20 mph on a flat, with it being pitch dark and cold..My hands were warm, the super cold weather gloves with wool liners did its job. The double socks was right on the money too..To be honest, toward the end, the cold was trying to sneak in. But, all and all, the commute this morning at 14 degrees was an adventure...

At work, it took me about 30 minutes to get that gear off and put on work clothes too...